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43-971.fm Page 1 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM
Cat. No. 43-971
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
System 420
Call Waiting
Caller ID
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43-971.fm Page 2 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain or moisture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! DO NOT OPEN. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE- ABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVIC- ING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. This symbol is intended to alert you to the presence of un- insulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclo- sure that might be of sufficient magnitud
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43-971.fm Page 3 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM FEATURES Your RadioShack System 420 Call Waiting Caller ID offers the latest in telephone technology. The system displays the cur- rent date and time, and call information as provided by your lo- cal phone company. The system has these features: Caller ID Memory — stores and displays up to 99 incoming phone numbers, or up to about 51 incoming names and phone numbers (actual capacity depends on information sent). Call Waiting — the NEW CALL indi
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43-971.fm Page 4 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM Note: Your system requires two AAA batteries (not supplied) to protect its memory during a power outage. This system has been tested and found to comply with all ap- plicable UL and FCC standards. Important Information: • To use the System’s Caller ID, message waiting, and call waiting features, you must be in an area where Caller ID, message waiting, and call waiting services are available, and you must subscribe to those services. • Where Cal
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43-971.fm Page 5 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLATION Your Caller ID system conforms to federal regulations, and you can connect it to most telephone lines. However, each de- vice that you connect to the phone line draws power from the phone line. We refer to this power draw as the device’s ringer equivalence number, or REN. The REN is shown on the bot- tom of your system. If you are using more than one phone or other device on the line, add up all the RENs. If the to
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43-971.fm Page 6 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM CONTENTS Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Connecting the AC Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Resetting the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connecting to the Phone Line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Connecting to a Single Phone Line . . . . . . . . . . 12 Co
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43-971.fm Page 7 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM VIP Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Storing Call Records in the VIP Call List . . . . . . 27 Turning On/Off the VIP Call Special Ring . . . . . 28 Reviewing and Deleting VIP Call Records . . . . . 28 Dialing from the VIP Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Care and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The FCC Wants You to Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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43-971.fm Page 8 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM PREPARATION INSTALLING BATTERIES Your system uses two AAA batteries to maintain information in memory during power failures. For the longest operation and best performance, we recommend you use alkaline bat- teries such as RadioShack Cat. No. 23-555. Cautions: • Use only fresh batteries of the recommended size and type. • Do not mix old and new batteries, different types of bat- teries (standard, alkaline, or rechargeable), or recharge- able ba
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43-971.fm Page 9 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM 1. Make sure the system is unplugged from the telephone line and AC power. 2. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the screw in the battery compartment cover on the bottom of the system, then remove the cover. 3. Insert fresh batteries into the compartment as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked inside the com- partment. 4. Replace the cover and secure it with the screw. Note: When appears on the display or the display dims, repl
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43-971.fm Page 10 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM CONNECTING THE AC ADAPTER The AC adapter must be connected for the System 420 to op- erate. Note: You must also keep batteries in the system to protect the information stored in memory during power failures. Cautions: • You must use an AC adapter that supplies 9 volts DC and at least 50 milliamps. Its center tip must be set to negative, and its plug must correctly fit the system’s DC 9V jack. The supplied adapter meets these specifica- tions.
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43-971.fm Page 11 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM 1. Insert the AC adapter’s barrel plug into the DC 9V jack on the back of the system. 2. Plug the other end of the AC adapter into a standard AC outlet. RESETTING THE SYSTEM Before you use the system the first time or to reset the sys- tem’s clock any time, use a pointed object, such as a straight- ened paper clip, to press RESET on the back of the system. 12-00-00A appears. This resets the clock and the area code; it does not clear any stored
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43-971.fm Page 12 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM CONNECTING TO THE PHONE LINE The System 420 Call Waiting Caller ID connects to a modular wall jack and your telephone. If your telephone wiring does not have a modular wall jack, you can update the wiring your- self. RadioShack stores sell jacks and adapters necessary to convert older wiring methods to modular wiring. Or, you can have the telephone company update your telephone wiring for you. The USOC number of the jack to be installed is RJ1
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43-971.fm Page 13 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM 1. Unplug the existing telephone’s modular cord from the modular phone jack and plug this cord into the system’s PHONE jack. 2. Plug one end of the supplied modular cord into the sys- tem’s TEL. LINE jack. 3. Plug the other end of the cord into the modular wall jack. Connecting to a Two-line Phone To record information about calls received on a two-line phone, you can connect two systems using a triplex adapter (Cat. No. 279-402). Each system
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43-971.fm Page 14 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM 2. Plug the triplex adapter into the modular phone jack. 3. Plug one end of the supplied modular cord into the TEL. LINE jack on one of the systems. 4. Plug the other end of the modular cord into either L1 or L2 on the triplex adapter. 5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to connect another system to the remaining open jack (L1 or L2) on the triplex adapter. Connecting to an Answering Machine 1. Unplug the answering machine’s modular cord from its line jac
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43-971.fm Page 15 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM SETTING THE TIME When no call records are displayed, the system displays the time. The telephone company sets the time with each incom- ing call; however, you can also set the time yourself. Follow these steps to manually set the time. 1. When the system displays the time, press and hold READ until the time flashes on display. 2. Press REVIEW to set the hour. 3. Press REVIEW to set the minute. 4. Press READ to store the setting. 15
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43-971.fm Page 16 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY CONTRAST 1. Repeatedly press MODE until the system displays CALLER ID MODE. 2. Press either REVIEW button. The system displays the total number of stored calls. 3. Press and hold READ for about 6 seconds. The system shows CONTRAST : XX. 4. Press REVIEW to increase the contrast (up to 15) or REVIEW to decrease it (down to 00). 5. Press READ to store the setting. 16
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43-971.fm Page 17 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM STORING YOUR LOCAL AREA CODE You must store your local area code in the system so it does not dial the area code when it dials/redials a local call. Follow these steps to store your area code. 1. Repeatedly press MODE until the system displays (AREA CODE):___. 2. Press REVIEW or REVIEW to set the first digit. READ 3. Press to store the selected digit, the next digit flashes. 4. Repeat Steps 2–3 to set the next two digits. MODE 5. Press to
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43-971.fm Page 18 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM OPERATION RECEIVING AND STORING CALLS The system displays the current time and date as sent by the telephone company each time it receives a Caller ID record. The system also automatically displays all received Caller ID information for every incoming call, including the call’s time and date. As it receives calls, it stores the information in the system’s memory for later recall. The most recent call is #01. When the system’s memory becomes fu
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43-971.fm Page 19 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM Call Waiting If you are using the telephone when a new call comes in, the system displays the new call information, and the NEW CALL indicator flashes. Message Waiting If you have a voice-mail message waiting (if you subscribe to the telephone company’s message waiting service), the NEW CALL indicator flashes and -MESSAGE- appears on the dis- play. -MESSAGE- remains on the display until you retrieve the message. 19
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43-971.fm Page 20 Monday, August 16, 1999 4:12 PM Repeat Messages If you have received a call from the same phone number more than once, X appears showing the number of repeat calls (up to 7). Long Distance Calls The system displays L-D-C with each long distance call. Forwarded Calls The system displays CALL-Fd instead of the phone number if the call was forwarded to you from a number set to forward 20
